Reduced Axon Number in Juvenile Myoclonic Epilepsy Demonstrated by Motor Unit Number Estimation Analysis

Clinical EEG and Neuroscience

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 127-131

  Altindag, Ebru ^a   Baslo, Baris ^a   Baykan, Betul ^a   Bebek, Nerses ^a   Ertas, Mustafa ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Anterior Horn Cell Involvement; Axon Counting; Electroencephalography; Juvenile Myoclonic Epilepsy; Motor Unit Number Estimation

Indexed keywords

CLONAZEPAM; PHENOBARBITAL; VALPROIC ACID;

ADULT; ANTERIOR HORN CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; NERVE FIBER; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION; TREATMENT DURATION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CELL COUNT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOCLONIC EPILEPSY, JUVENILE; NEURAL CONDUCTION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 34548270480     PISSN: 15500594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/155005940703800307     Document Type: Article

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